April 6th, 2011 by Jason
Sawyer was a Baptist preacher and farmer. I never met him, but I grew to love and respect his son L.R. “Tom” Sawyer who I have written about before.
What does this new map from Representative Luker do? Tolbert comments:
Ashley County stays in AR4 (which gets several south Arkansas Democrats on board); Pope County stays in tact (bringing on board Rep. Lea) but is moved to AR4 along with Johnson and Yell. Logan is the only county split between AR4 and AR3.
Not a bad map. Relatively smooth edges. Only one county split. No fingers as best I can tell.
My sources says this will likely be introduced in the House State Agencies Committee as an amendment to the map passed today by the Senate. This one has a better chance at 11 committee votes which currently appears to be the biggest hurdle in the House.
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I think that Tolbert is right in his assessment. Hopefully this will be the last hurdle.
I am doing a series on Famous Arkansans. Here is some info on a wonderful lady from North Little Rock.
Donald Sutherland and Diana Ross presenting Mary Steenburgen with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Melvin and Howard” at the 53rd Academy Awards® in 1981.
Mary Steenburgen
Inducted in 1996
(b. 1953) – This Academy Award-winning actress from North Little Rock was discovered by Jack Nicholson. She has starred in “Ragtime” (1981), Woody Allen’s “A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982), “Parenthood” (1989), “Back to the Future III” (1990), “The Butcher’s Wife” (1991) and many other movies. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in “Melvin and Howard” in 1981. She produced and starred in “The End of the Line” (1987), a movie filmed in Arkansas. Steenburgen also starred, along with her husband, actor Ted Danson, in the television miniseries “Gulliver’s Travels” (1996) and the television series “Ink” (1997). She last appeared in the television show “Joan of Arcadia.” www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marysteenburgen
Craig Ferguson welcomes to the show Mary Steenburgen who is promoting Step Brothers.
You will notice the interview seen above, Mary mentions how touchy her husband Ted is about his bald spot. I was in the Little Rock Airport about a year ago and I was getting money out of the Bank of America ATM and I turned around to leave and both Ted and Mary were standing right behind me. Ted was fumbling around with his wallet and the first thing I noticed was his bald spot.
The Daily Hatch 